Freak Factor

David Rendall's- Freak Factor (Click)


This manifesto, states that the key to success is not to overcome our weaknesses, but to embrace the corresponding strengths that come with our weaknesses.  Section 3 of 9 talks about people being or thinking they are flawless.  This shows that with every strength that we have there is also a flaw, on thing can never be considered a strength because the negative impact of the strength that could happen is the weakness.  If someone is a very reallistic person, they will say what is on their mind and what they want, but at the same time this person could be very negative.  Its the same as comparing self-confidence to arrogance.  I see this one in a lot of people especially being in college with a bunch of tough guys.  The next section, the foundation is for building on your strengths.  Here he says that people working on their strengths should feel very good because it is what they are comfortable with.  Your strengths are your natural abilities that you should be able to succeed at.  Many people find the wrong strength for themselves and work on the wrong thing for their entire life.  A common myth about this category would be "I don’t need to work on my strengths because they will always be there. 
but in reality If you don’t use it, you lose it".  My biggest weakness is my tendency to feel a little too well. My life is often a  rollercoaster ride of emotions not only because of my girlfriend, but because I am always highly affected by life emotionally. I think too much; this leads to feeling too much pain or hapiness. I'm also initially uncomfortable venting with people, but when I force myself to talk about them I am almost always happy. I dislike the fact that I sometimes get depressed.  I’ve also realized that this tendency is what causes me to bring the good out in me.  I have learned to be vocal about my feelings because if I keep them bottled up inside, it saddens me.